The Americas now report 26 countries and territories with local transmission of the mosquito borne virus.

Is this just the beginning in Costa Rica?

Last week, Medical epidemiologist and newly-appointed coordinator of Costa Rica’s National Disease Vector Control Program, Rodrigo Marin Rodriguez said that Costa Rica could see up to 60,000 cases of Zika infection in a worst case scenario, according to a La Nacion report (computer translated).

Marin bases his “worst case” scenario on estimates from Colombia, which has 10-times the population of Costa Rica and are expecting 600,000 cases of Zika.

Earlier, The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica announced the strengthening of its actions to control vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya and Zika.